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Smallest portion of data collected in life cycle assessment
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1 Unit Process 2 LCSA
3 Process Flow: Content 4 LCA Order
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LCSA Life cycle sustainability assessment
Effects on specific species/organism, societal
gain/loss of political instruments for climate change,
LCA Limitations
impacts of certain emission on a
community/environment
, Smallest portion of data collected in life cycle
Unit Process
assessment
Framework a company or organization follows to set
ISO 14001
up an effective environmental management system
LCA and LCI: principles/framework, goal, scope,
ISO 14040 definition, inventory analysis, impact assessment and
interpretation
Goal and scope definition, inventory analysis, impact
LCA Order
assessment, interpretation, direct application
Quantified performance of a product system for use
Functional Unit
as a reference unit (ex: one shoe)
More convenient unit equivalent to functional unit,
inputs required, amount of products necessary to fill
Reference Flow
a function (ex: lightbulbs needed to supply 20M
lumen hours: 22 incandescent bulbs, 1 LED bulb)
Collection of unit processes with elementary and
Product System product flows performing one or more defined
functions, models the life cycle of a product
set of criteria specifying which unit processes are
System Boundary
part of a product system
Phase of life cycle assessment involving the
LCI compilation and quantification of inputs and outputs
for a product throughout its life cycle
Cat's Name Tangerine
Process Flow: Upstream raw materials and intermediate products
Process Flow: Content Transformations and Operations
Last downstream processes, destination of
Process Flow: End
intermediate or final products
Demand Triggers production and environmental impact
Product with no market value, not responsible for
impacts associated with production. (ex: cellulose
Waste
material: crop residue of feedstock, used for
biofuel)